CFP: Melvin B. Tolson Out of the Archive (5/5/06; MSA, 10/19/06-10/22/06)

Call for Papers

Panel for Modernist Studies Association 8

University of Tulsa

Oct 19-22

Melvin B. Tolson Out of the Archive

Melvin B. Tolson is one of the few African American writers (along with
James Emanuel, Stanley Edgar Hyman, and four items from Amiri Baraka) to
have his papers housed in the Library of Congress. Composed for 4,000
items including manuscripts of unpublished writing and correspondence
with some of America's most important literary figures, this archive is
an untapped wealth of resources about one of modernisms most important
figures and stands as a document of Modernism itself.

This panel will address not only the wealth of Tolson's arhive, but his
role as "archivist" of modernity through his poetry, editorials, and
unpublished writings. Any paper on Tolson will be considered, but ones
that deal with his archives, his use of source material, or textual
criticism of his writings will be given special consideration.

Please submit a 250-300 word abstract to Grant Jenkins by email
<grant-jenkins_at_utulsa.edu> by May 5, 2006.

-- 
G. Matthew Jenkins
Director of the Writing Program
English Department
University of Tulsa
600 S. College Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74104
918.631.2573
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